Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-07-06
FORTUNE FINDEns:


About noon ION Wednesday three men step
ped into the private office of the Louisiana
State Lottery Company. and their smiling "a
ces betrayed their errand. They were Jonn
w. Tenny. an engineer. and Charles DENNIS
and John Moran, watchman. all three at pres
ent In Goverent employ, the latter on board
the United States Government boat General
Newton, and Tenny is engineer of the Ruby,
the boats now lying near the Exposition
grounds, preparing for o trip to the Atchafa-
laya.
Dennis had q twentieth of the ticket which
won the $500 900 prize. rolled up .carelessly be
tween his fingers. He Strengthened 1t out on
the table. and said:
There It is: boys we've got It,. combine
We each buy q ticket every month. form
buying tickets for several years. and at last
st was this ticket that did the business"
said Tenny. Moran and bought ours; put
town. He finally asked friend of his to bring
him up dollar ticket. Dennis got his dollar
ticket and put It in the pool. ! thought no
ing. had the blues. but when saw the Pic
0yane-you can guess the rest There on top
Of erus Srer
ber and 50 Dennis, Moran and myself told the
boss that we:had important business up town.
what are you Going to do with the money!
'This is In confidence. We intend to de-
good time, ana after that we may 60 back to
W ork just the same as ever. In TACT we may
not quit work at ALL
was brought to them and the trio departed re-
joicing. Dennis is from the county Glare, Ire
ana al IN New Ve oreans
years. One of the first habits he formed was
to buy lottery ticket monthly, and now he
is glad he did 1t. Moran is an Orleantan bred
and born, Tenny is from North Carolina, and
says it Is the first time he has had his name in
the papers. All three are unmarried and tol-
The little office had not long been vacated
when in came another caller. 1t was the let
ter carrier 2. J. Mooney without his uniform:
it with dollar ticket in the June drawing of
the Louisiana State Lottery Company. He is
Red and lives WITH his family at Is GrsuIinss
street. In 1884 Postmaster Merchant appoint
ed him to carry mail and he was retained un-
der the Democratic administration.
Mooney did not believe much in lottery He
bought one ticket for dollar and won moth
ing. This confirmed his belief. or rather lack
Of 1t. few days before the June drawing he
determined to try again ; among the five tick
cts he bought was one bearing the magic fig.
ures 52.749. They were magic to him, for they
him comparatively rich man. Mooney
bought his tickets two days before the draw
ing, and when he saw the Picayune Wednes-
day morning his joy can well be imagined
No. 81, 40 had won the $4,000 prize
Mooney says he will invest the money and
carry his mail bag with lighter heart
There were no other capital prize holders
who called that day, the other fractions being
held in distant parts of the country, but the
reception OF smaller holders continued until
the doors were closed. tickets were presented
and cashed, and the June drawing had been a
lucky one for many. Nomatter in what mood
the callers came they all departed smiling
Neao Orleans PicGyaane, j une 18th, 1887.